The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 10, 1900, Page 1

not Paper n from L This P 10 be t’lk’ the Library: LXXXVIII—=NO. 102. \A\ II.A\( IG(‘() 1\l()\D\Y SEPTEMBER 10, 1900. l’RICF FIVE CENTS. AN ARCHITECTURAL POEM SET TO MUSIC DEDICATED TO THE PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA In Behalf of Applauding Thousands and Amid Delicious Inspiriting Strains General Barnes Takes Over the Magnificent WNWew Bandstand in Golden Gate Park From Its weperer S i . 11 (o MAKES A \ GIFT OF THE MUSIC STAND TO THE A S SRR RIS LB, ¢ 1 TR SCENE BEFORE THE NG CAPACITY FOR Enough |’ R rowds. || passed since | had oce: regret any other h earth that Ca very | for the T here (Applause.) is prese | of architecture rt of a great State festival for fifty and I interr: Mr years a State can Union, en for | dies n aevelopment of the rich re. the this golden land and to lay TWENTY THOUSAND |z hne |GEN.ROUSTOALL | | then ifornta as T do, and being grateful ny benefits that have accrued to me during the earnest and active life I have lived 1 have desired to manifest those feelings in some monumental structure which would 1 as a memorial of my citizenship among vou. In deciding to erect that memorial in the form it has taken, to make it & source of the highest pleasure and Z00d to the largest number of people possible. In my native Germany I had early learned | | the value as well as the charm of music and 1 know how potent a benefit |}t is to a people to have the privilege of listen- | ing under beautiful surroundings to the melo- and the harmonies which the master mu- 1| sicians have developed out nhood | souls for the joy of the world. i | | RECREATION FOR Donor, Claus Spreckels. NEW BAND STAND AT THE DEDICATION. ers with HUNDRED PIECE> L R R IS KIND AND S Faster » charm nd 11 o know that Cal- ind and generous to 1l parts of on the best homes and the skill that t prosper- | | I was moved by a destre ! GENERAL W. H. L. BARNES. S R dedicdted to music rendered free to all and | Here, then, where all gather, it is proper that under circumstances that would make it at- | the music which charms them should b tractive to rich and poor alike. (Applause.) | vided with a stately and noble pa: That the memorial should be placed in Gold- | t" for the edifice grew in my mind ar en Gate Park was a decision which required | PurPose: and now I have the gladness tc no' long study to reach. This noble pleasure [UPOR the completed work and to transfer it ground wiil doubtles be the chief scene of the | !° the people of California. (Applause.) of their soaring I know that one of the strongest 5 & tions upon which the fabrie of her pros. safeguards against | festivities of the people of California | It is right for me to give due praise o t perity rests. Whatever may have been the ex. | |BRAIN AND EODY | the Dleasures that | coa. indeed of the whole Pacile Coast for ol | the sromiecte whe have fashigo g, here to 1 perience ¢ hers, labors In California | . ALIK?. dissipate the ener- | time to come. It already ranks among the fin- | proportions of the structure, and to the arti ele st rrlv od i have been antly rewarded. This % Eies of men is to | est parks in the world. It is the resort of ns e skill has c d out all that I e ye n. We must all of us be well pleased that | been 1 land to me. I have fo furnish them with | thousands. It is the playground of the chil- e planned and the artist designed »s happened so; for the structure ia de- | its pec erous as the sofl, and society | pleasures which recreate body and brain allke. | dren, the festal garden of youths and maidens, | architecture has been conceived In harmony s not for the city only, but for all Cal- | here as rich in human virtues as are the | No other form of amusement Which can be | the recreation of the worker, the solitude oi | the use for which the structure fs Intended ” | tfornia, and it is therefore right and fitting mountains with gold. My experience has been | provided for large numbers surpasses music in | the thinker, the parade of wealth and fashion, | and to the magaificent landscape of park and from the vast multi- | gt its dedication should take place under cir- | that whosoever works in California with the | that respect, and accordingly I was easily de- | the object lesson of artists, and in many ways | meuntains that surround ft. It pleases the ude. Mr. Spreckels bowed and th 2 be- | cumstances which make it not a civic holiday | honesty of a true industry, and who meets the | termined that the purposed memorial should be it ministers to the studies of men of science. | eye as music pleases the ear, and every facuity look OF BRASS STIR FIRST ECHOES From Their Home { in the Pavilion. P3PS of the mind responsive to th sen; ~ andq |a oy tn To your ha a repre- | sentative of the the gift music whi tncentives people of that hap | thin & to artist Californi ss whi ch humanit den land In a m than in any other under As Mr. Spreckels fin General Barnes' hand s dtally. Barnes then accep ing in behalf of the citize Francisco and the Park Commi than they b industries wh good citizen have for many yea homes and maintenance to more human than those of any other individual or ind any aggregation of capital In this State and operated by m provided by atilit ms wh £ a £t That t | people 18 es the review and {1l of wealth and